Coplay Woman Burned When Robe Catches Fire

A Coplay woman, burned Thursday when her robe caught fire while cooking, remained in critical condition at Lehigh Valley Hospital Center yesterday, a hospital spokesman said.

Catherine Dougherty, 1033 Barbara Drive, reached across her stove as she was cooking and her robe touched the burner, said Coplay's assistant fire chief, William Spaits.

The robe caught fire, and the woman sustained first-, second- and third-degree burns on 10 to 12 percent of her body, Spaits said.

Dougherty's daughter was in the home at the time and called the fire department, Spaits said. Dougherty and her daughter had put the fire out with water by the time the fire department arrived, he said.